A Dowry of Blood

S.T. Gibson

Book 1 of Vampire Companion

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A gothic reimagining of Dracula told entirely through a long, confessional letter from Constanta, the count's first bride, to the husband who once saved her life and then slowly caged her. As centuries pass and he brings home two more lovers, Magdalena and Alexi, the four form a tangled, polyamorous household whose intimacy and devotion curdle into control and manipulation. The novel traces how Constanta and her fellow consorts come to recognize the abuse at the heart of their marriage and what it costs them to finally seek freedom.